Ageing Population
In this day and age, because of the success of economy and improvement of science and
technology, people have been living longer than ever before. Concerning with this problem, a
telegraph on 1st October, 2012 entitled “World faces ageing population time bomb says UN”
was posted in order to provide the facts and forecasts about ageing population in the world
and to recommend some ideas to deal with this problem. In spite the fact that living longer is
a great achievement of human beings, a rapidly ageing population also leads to difficulties for
many countries in all over the world. A recent report estimated that the number of older people
will increase significantly from 800 million to over one billion and in 2050, it will reach two
billion. The article also goes deeply in Japan which has the most proportion of elderly (more than
30%) and Britain which is expected to be one of 64 countries will reach one-thirds of elderly
by 2050. In addition, the article mentioned to old measure of government which aimed to meet
old people’s needs like welfare, pension or health care system. Therefore, the development of
economy has to face with many challenges. In order to overcome obstacles, it is proposed a
course of action that people should encourage elderly to continuously contribute more for the
country after retirement.
In my opinion, I find out that the editors cites persuasive evidence and facts, forecasts are
simplified and the article gives a revolutionizing solution for ageing population, but the
implement would not be feasible. Also, I find it unacceptable to assert that old people are the
burden of a nation because they are the cause of raising difficulties for economy.
Firstly, about the facts and forecasts in the telegraph, I myself find it very convincing, they
prove that ageing population is a phenomenon which is soaring remarkable. With up-to-dated
and concrete statistics, the article gives
technology, people have been living longer than ever before. Concerning with this problem, a
telegraph on 1st October, 2012 entitled “World faces ageing population time bomb says UN”
was posted in order to provide the facts and forecasts about ageing population in the world
and to recommend some ideas to deal with this problem. In spite the fact that living longer is
a great achievement of human beings, a rapidly ageing population also leads to difficulties for
many countries in all over the world. A recent report estimated that the number of older people
will increase significantly from 800 million to over one billion and in 2050, it will reach two
billion. The article also goes deeply in Japan which has the most proportion of elderly (more than
30%) and Britain which is expected to be one of 64 countries will reach one-thirds of elderly
by 2050. In addition, the article mentioned to old measure of government which aimed to meet
old people’s needs like welfare, pension or health care system. Therefore, the development of
economy has to face with many challenges. In order to overcome obstacles, it is proposed a
course of action that people should encourage elderly to continuously contribute more for the
country after retirement.
In my opinion, I find out that the editors cites persuasive evidence and facts, forecasts are
simplified and the article gives a revolutionizing solution for ageing population, but the
implement would not be feasible. Also, I find it unacceptable to assert that old people are the
burden of a nation because they are the cause of raising difficulties for economy.
Firstly, about the facts and forecasts in the telegraph, I myself find it very convincing, they
prove that ageing population is a phenomenon which is soaring remarkable. With up-to-dated
and concrete statistics, the article gives